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Table 6 OLS estimations for waiting time for primary and specialist care, controlling for self-assessed health

From: Waiting times in healthcare: equal treatment for equal need?

Waiting times

Primary care

Specialist care

Education

  No qualifications

Ref

  Primary studies

0.004

-0.086

(0.023)

(0.060)

  Secondary studies

0.007

-0.155***

(0.023)

(0.051)

  University studies

-0.011

-0.169**

(0.023)

(0.060)

Employment status

  Inactive

Ref

  Retirement pensioner

-0.006

0.083

(0.014)

(0.091)

  Unemployed

-0.010

0.128**

(0.017)

(0.045)

  Employed

0.006

0.039

(0.026)

(0.054)

Severity

  Self-assessed health status

    Very bad

Ref

    Poor

-0.101

0.194

(0.080)

(0.131)

    Average

-0.139*

0.204

(0.077)

(0.151)

    Good

-0.194**

0.149

(0.076)

(0.155)

    Excellent

-0.203**

0.012

(0.071)

(0.190)

  Chronic illness

0.029**

0.166***

(0.012)

(0.050)

Region fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Year fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Region-Trend

Yes

Yes

Specialist fixed effects

No

Yes

Constant

1.124***

3.518***

(0.087)

(0.156)

Observations

24,900

6,814

R-squared

0.262

0.049

AIC

50746

21495

BIC

50875

21604

  1. 1For primary care, our individual of reference is a male with no studies; inactive; between 18 and 34 years old; no chronic disease but very bad self-reported health status; one visit to public GOs; no visit to private GPs; Spanish and living in an urban area. For specialist consultations, our individual of reference is a male who has visited Traumatology services; with no studies; inactive; between 18 and 34 years old; with no chronic disease but very bad self-reported health status; one visit to public specialist doctor; no visits to private specialist doctor; Spanish and living in an urban area
  2. 2Full model specification: SES and severity variables + area of residence + immigrant status + private healthcare utilization + region-year fixed effects
  3. 3*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1